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scip-broc

(n.)
Grammar
scip-broc, es; n.
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Trouble, hardship, or labour when journeying in a ship Paulus him rehte myccle scipbrocu hé gebád on ðæm síþe St. Paul related to them the hardships he had undergone on his voyage to Rome, Blickl. Homl. 173, 6

Linked entry: bróc

médan

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Ondsware ýwe sé hine on méde wordum secgan se wudu hátte let him make answer that can encourage himself to say in words how the wood is called, Rä. 56, 15

timber

(n.)
Grammar
timber, es; n.
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Ǽrest man ásmeáþ ðæs húses stede, and eác man ðæt timber beheáwþ, Anglia viii. 324, 8: Lchdm. iii. 180, 8. <b>I a.

Linked entry: and-timber

un-weorþscipe

(n.)
Grammar
un-weorþscipe, es; m.

dishonourdisgraceindignation

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dishonour, disgrace Hweþer ðú nú mæge ongitan micelne unweorþscipe se anwald brengþ ðam unmedeman? videsne quantum malis dedecus adjiciant dignitates?

rǽdlíce

(adv.)
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Th. ii. 258, 26. advisably Beþence gehwá hine sylfne, and him rǽdlícost sý tó dónne, Wlfst. 305, 34

Rómáne

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Rómáno (o altered to e) æfterre gewinn and Punica wearð geendod, 4, 35. Add

a-cræftan

(v.)
Grammar
a-cræftan, p. de; pp. ed

To deviseplancontrive as a craftsmanexcogitare

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To devise, plan, contrive as a craftsman; excogitare Úton ðeáh hwæðere acræftan we heora, an ðyssa nihta, mágan mǽst beswícan let us however plan how we can, in this night, most weaken them, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 47, 19

stuntlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
stuntlíce, adv.
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Hí nellaþ understandan stuntlíce hí dóþ, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 132. Hwæt is stuntlícor quid est stultius? Ælfc. Gr. 48; Zup. 279, 11

leóht-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
leóht-lic, of little weight.
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deóp seó bóc ys on gástlicum andgite, þeáh þe heó mid leóhtlicum wordum áwriten sig, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 3, 22

sceád-wís

(adj.)
Grammar
sceád-wís, adj.
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Mid sceádwísre lufe manncynna ealdor for úre edstaðelunge þǽre róde gealgan underféng, Hml. Th. i. 588, 88

tídre

(adj.)
Grammar
tídre, tiédre, tédre, týdre, tiddre, tyddre, and tíder (? v. tidder, Hpt. Gl. 436, 59); adj.
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Gl. 436, 59. of immaterial things, frail, not lasting, fleeting lytel hé (fame) biþ, lǽne, tédre and bedǽled ǽlces gódes quam sit exilis et totius vacua ponderis, Bt. 18, 1; Fox 60, 29.

clipigendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
clipigendlíc, adj.

calling, vocativevocativusmaking a vocal soundvocalis

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homo veni huc: Eálá ðú man sprec to me O! homo loquere ad me: Eálá ðú láreów tǽce me sum þing O! magister doce me aliquid: vocative is calling or invoking: with this case we address everything, as — O! thou man come hither: 0!

Linked entry: ge-cígendlíc

cum-líþness

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Add: hospitality Ꝥ hé lufige cumlíðnysse, and nánum cuman ne forbeóde ꝥ hé ne móte on his húse gerestan, for ðan ðe manega Gode gelícodon þurh ꝥ ꝥ hí cuman onféngon, Hml. A. 147, 83: Ll.

út-fær

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leáfe ut nulli nisi per licentiam aditus potest intrandi aut exeundi, Chrd. 20, ll: 21, 16. agoing away, departure Hwæt gemǽnað þá þreó útfæru (-faru, v.l.) þe God Abrahame beád þus cweþende: 'Far of þínum lande and of þínre mǽgðe and of þínes fæder húse

brand

a fire-branda torchburningbrand

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Swilce sum hús forburne, brastligende mid brandum, Hml. Th. ii. 140, 16. a torch: Mið brondum ł ðæccillum cum facibus, Jn. L. R. 18, 3. burning (v. Dict). (?) brand, blight causing leaves, &amp;c. to look as though burnt (v. N. E. D. brand, 7.

Linked entry: brand-óm

hlinian

(v.)

to reclineto lean

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., accubuit) in hús, Lk. L. 7, 37. Hé æt gereordum hlenode on þæs Hǽlendes bearme, Shrn. 32, 18. Se ele gewǽtte þone flór þǽre stówe þe hí on hlinedon (incubuerant), Gr. D. 160, 14. Hlioniga (hlinig, L., site, W.

brún-fág

(adj.)
Grammar
brún-fág, adj. [brún brown, fág coloured, dyed]
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Of a brown colour, brown-hued; fulvi coloris Ætbær brúnfágne helm he bore away the brown-hued helmet, Beo. Th. 5223; B. 2615

CEALC

(n.)
Grammar
CEALC, es; m.

Plaster, cement, chalk;calx arenata, calx

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Plaster, cement, chalk; calx arenata, calx Iuuinianus wæs sume niht on ánum niwcilctan húse: ðá hét he bétan ðǽr-inne mycel fýr, forðon hit wæs ceald weder.

Linked entry: calc

ærn

Grammar
ærn, Add: [older ræn. v. ærn-þegen]
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Healde hine mon on óðrum ærne (húse, v. l. ), Ll. Th. i. 64, 15: Bl. H. 221, 16. Seó reáde netele ðe þurh ærne in wyxð, Lch. iii. 52, 12.

be-héng

(v.)
Grammar
be-héng, pl. -héngon p. of be-hón.

hung round

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hung round